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Resources for Using Technology to Enhance Professional Development, Technical Assistance, and Dissemination Activities Resources for Using Technology to Enhance Professional Development, Technical Assistance, and Dissemination Activities Larry Edelman, M.S. Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine [email protected] NOTE: This handout is one of the materials that accompany a one or two day workshop that I lead on using technology to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery, professional development, technical assistance, and dissemination activities. Please reference this document as: Edelman, L. (2013). Resources for Using Technology to Enhance Professional Development, Technical Assistance, and Dissemination Activities (unpublished workshop handout). Denver, Colorado: author. Edelman-Resources for Using Technology for PD, TA, and Dissemination (4/21/13) 1 Contents Technology helps us work in sets of three ............................................................................. 3 Key questions to help determine the fit and feasibility of using new media for delivering professional development and technical assistance ............ 4 Online course initial planning questions ................................................................................ 7 Roles required for producing effective online learning resources .......................................... 8 Recent shifts in my thinking ................................................................................................. 10 Key technologies you need to know about .......................................................................... 11 Free apps ............................................................................................................................. 26 Do you need a new computer? ............................................................................................ 27 Resources to help you understand e-learning and performance support ............................ 28 Resources to help you keep up with technology .................................................................. 30 Resources to help you keep up with digital video ................................................................ 32 Resources on Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ............................................... 33 E-learning ROI ..................................................................................................................... 34 Pull-Outs: Shifting from a “Train ‘em” Mentality to a Performance Support Framework ....................... 35 Real performance support requires blended learning .......................................................... 36 How might technology assist you? ....................................................................................... 37 Different technologies for different communication functions .............................................. 38 Key tools of the trade ........................................................................................................... 39 This session is designed to stimulate our thinking about how we might adopt, adapt, combine, repurpose, and use technology to innovatively support our constituencies. It will illustrate a number of tried-and-true and emerging technologies that can help us effectively and efficiently provide professional development activities, support performance, disseminate information, and provide technical assistance. Please note: I constantly update this handout to try to keep it as up-to-date as possible with emerging developments and information. Please send me links to sources of relevant information so I can share them with others. [email protected] Edelman-Resources for Using Technology for PD, TA, and Dissemination (4/21/13) 2 Technology Helps Us Work in Sets of Three Change and behavior occurs over time, so professional development and technical assistance activities should also be designed to be delivered over time. Technology helps us do this by enabling us to better design our activities in sets of three: 1) the activity at hand; 2) what comes before it; 3) and what happens afterwards. Use technology to help extend how you support learning and performance over time rather than focusing solely on one face-to-face (F2F) event that is offered without preliminary and follow-up activities designed to support performance. F2F Professional Development Event How might you use technology… BEFORE a professional DURING a professional AFTER a professional development event to: development event to: development event to: Get a better sense of the Connect learners to new Evaluate training; encourage learners, their needs and resources; create learning self-reflection; provide technical concerns; help the learners networks; bring in speakers assistance and/or coaching; prepare for the learning from a distance; encourage provide additional information; experience; help you action planning; anticipate support implementation and understand and address implementation back-on-the- performance back-on-the-job, potential barriers to the job; evaluate the training; etc. sustain a learning community, learners’ implementation of etc. new skills; engage supervisors as performance support partners, etc. Moral: Avoid Seagull Events (y’know, the ones in which you fly in, drop something, fly out) Edelman-Resources for Using Technology for PD, TA, and Dissemination (4/21/13) 3 Key Questions To help determine the fit and feasibility of using new media for delivering professional development and technical assistance What is the capacity of YOUR ORGANIZATION to produce and distribute the media? To what extent is the new media a sound choice for delivering your specific INSTRUCTIONAL CONTENT in terms of: The KNOWLEDGE that you want your audience to attain? The ATTITUDES that you want your audience to have? The SKILLS that you want your audience to be able to perform? The actual PERFORMANCE that you desire back on the job? In general, to what extent is the proposed new media COMPATIBLE with your organization and the department in which you are located in terms of: Budget Organizational culture Logistical resources Technology IT Policy To what extent does your organization have access to (or have the ability to recruit) the required HUMAN RESOURCES? Project manager who can oversee the design, development, dissemination, implementation, and evaluation of the media Training personnel who have the instructional design knowledge to “package” the content effectively in the new instructional format Technical personnel who have (or can attain) the know-how and skills to create the media Information Technology personnel to help design and support the posting, dissemination, and maintenance of the media Evaluators to help design and implement an evaluation system of the media and learner’s performance Technical assistance personnel to provide users with support Administrative support staff for logistical maintenance To what extent does your organization have ACCESS to (or have the ability to obtain) the required computer resources? Hardware Software Internet connection and bandwidth Edelman-Resources for Using Technology for PD, TA, and Dissemination (4/21/13) 4 What is the capacity of YOUR AUDIENCE to use the media? Required Hardware, Software, Bandwidth, and Access To what extent does your intended audience have adequate access to (or the ability to acquire) the required computer resources: Hardware All do Most do Some do, some don’t Most don’t All don’t Not sure (Specify) Implications: Software All do Most do Some do, some don’t Most don’t All don’t Not sure (Specify) Implications: Internet All do Most do Some do, some don’t Most don’t All don’t Not sure connection and Implications: bandwidth (Specify) Access to web All do Most do Some do, some don’t Most don’t All don’t Not sure sites (e.g. no Implications: restrictions) Computer Literacy To what extent does your intended audience have the computer literacy required to: Navigate the All do Most do Some do, some don’t Most don’t All don’t Not sure web Implications: Download All do Most do Some do, some don’t Most don’t All don’t Not sure software and Implications: files Use media All do Most do Some do, some don’t Most don’t All don’t Not sure players Implications: Troubleshoot or All do Most do Some do, some don’t Most don’t All don’t Not sure obtain help Implications: when encountering problems Edelman-Resources for Using Technology for PD, TA, and Dissemination (4/21/13) 5 Acceptability To what extent might your intended audience PERCEIVE the media to be acceptable in terms of: How it compares Acceptable: with the ways To all To most To some, not others Not to most Not to all Not sure that they have been receiving Implications: professional development in the past? It being an Acceptable: effective way to To all To most To some, not others Not to most Not to all Not sure learn? Implications: Having Acceptable: adequate (paid) To all To most To some, not others Not to most Not to all Not sure time to use it? Implications: It being complex Acceptable: or difficult to To all To most To some, not others Not to most Not to all Not sure understand and/or use? Implications: Knowing that Acceptable: they will have To all To most To some, not others Not to most Not to all Not sure access to support to solve Implications: problems? Having ways to Acceptable: evaluate the To all To most To some, not others Not to most Not to all Not sure results of using it and giving Implications: feedback? Edelman-Resources for Using Technology
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